{"id":32773,"date":"2018-10-29T16:23:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32773"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:53:59","slug":"next-steps-at-gir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/next-steps-at-gir\/","title":{"rendered":"Next steps at Gir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/next-steps-at-gir\/article25126176.ece\">Next steps at Gir<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recently 21 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat\u2019s Gir National Park in less than a month which raises\u00a0 serious questions about the conservation of the big cats in their only habitat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Reasons for lion deaths:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Infighting between lion prides: Male lions are known to maul each other to death but they never harm females.<\/li>\n<li>Viral infection: In 2012, the scientists from Indian Veterinary Research Institute identified the Goat Plague (Peste Des Petits Ruminants) virus in a lion carcass.<\/li>\n<li>According to a CAG report , more than 50 percent of the Gir lions have spilled out of the protected area and face threat of speeding trucks and trains, open wells and live wires. More than 30 lions have perished to accidents in the past two years, according to the park\u2019s records.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Court guidelines:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2013, the Supreme Court directed the translocation of \u201csome\u201d lions from Gir to Kuno in Madhya Pradesh(MP) which Gujarat government refused, arguing that MP has not gone by the IUCN\u2019s guidelines for translocation.<\/li>\n<li>However MP\u2019s forest officials retort that Kuno satisfies all the conditions laid down by the Wildlife Institute of India (the agency mandated to monitor the relocation of Gir lions).<\/li>\n<li>Gujarat submitted before the Supreme Court that one of the reasons it did not want to part with the lions because there were metapopulation in the state spread over several locations within the Greater Gir Region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>An epidemic caused by a virus wiped out more than a third of the lion population in Tanzania\u2019s Serengeti National Park in the 1990s.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Way forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/meta-population.jpg?resize=630%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/meta-population.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/meta-population.jpg?resize=150%2C27&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/meta-population.jpg?resize=300%2C54&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gujarat should work towards colonising new habitats outside the Gir landscape within the State eg <strong>Barda wildlife sanctuary. <\/strong>close to Gir, which can increase suitable lion range from its present, much smaller area.<\/li>\n<li>A geographically separate population of Asiatic lions also needs to be created.<\/li>\n<li>Gujarat should also turn its attention to reducing the drivers of disease, which includes <strong>controlling feral dog populations.<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/general-issu.jpg?resize=630%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/general-issu.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/general-issu.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/general-issu.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next steps at Gir News: Recently 21 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat\u2019s Gir National Park in less than a month which raises\u00a0 serious questions about the conservation of the big cats in their only habitat. 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